The operational situation in the Kharkiv direction has not undergone significant changes and remains complicated.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the pressure from Russian troops, according to the Kharkiv Operational Tactical Group (OTU).
During the past day, there were four combat clashes near Starytsia and Vovchansk. Russian troops launched four airstrikes using ten GAB bombs and conducted 67 strikes with kamikaze drones. They also carried out 326 shelling attacks on Ukrainian defenders' positions.
The Defense Forces are responding adequately to Russian forces actions and continue to destroy the personnel, weaponry, and military equipment of the Russian forces.
Russian forces losses over the past day amounted to 140 personnel, including 60 irrecoverable and 80 sanitary losses. Additionally, in this direction, the Russian troops lost a total of 73 units of weaponry and military equipment, including one tank, seven artillery systems, 13 vehicles, four multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), five special vehicles, and 43 drones.
Furthermore, 70 personnel shelters and six ammunition storage sites were destroyed.
Ukrainian Defense Forces are maintaining control over the situation and continue to perform their tasks in repelling and deterring the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.
